Standard
terms
are not standard.
The phrase your VC keeps using describes about three clauses out of fifteen. The rest is negotiable, and most of it gets quietly negotiated against founders who don't know to push back. TURNSHEET tells you which is which — for free, in 90 seconds, before the lawyer's clock starts.
Three steps. About 90 seconds.
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Every material clause is extracted, classified against market norms, and scored from 0 to 100 using our published rubric.
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Get plain-English explanations, regional benchmarks, and exact counter-proposal language for every red flag.
Most term sheets score somewhere in the middle.
Distribution of Founder Fairness Scores across the 204+ deals analysed in our beta corpus. The curve is wider than VCs claim. "Standard" is a 12-point band — what you sign sits anywhere on this chart.
The asymmetry between founders and VCs ends when both sides read the same dictionary.
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30+ predatory clauses, every one explained.
An open, plain-English library of the term-sheet clauses that quietly cost founders millions. Free to read, indexed for search, written so a first-time founder can follow.
3× Liquidation Preference
The investor gets back three times their money before founders or employees see a single dollar at exit.
Full-Ratchet Anti-Dilution
If you raise your next round at a lower valuation, the investor's shares are repriced as if they had paid that lower price all along — and your equity is wiped out to compensate them.
Participating Preferred (Double-Dip)
The investor gets their preference back AND their pro-rata share of whatever's left — so they get paid twice from the same exit.
Check the firm before they check you.
Every firm scored. Every clause they push. Every deal they've closed. Pulled from 527 verified term sheets across 15 firms — ranked by Founder Fairness Score, not press releases.
Aurora Collective
Horizon Seed
Finch & Co
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